Marine Weather and TidesStonington, CT

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What's New / NOTES
10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome.
10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name.

Sunrise 6:30AM

Sunset 5:30PM

Friday February 22, 2019 11:19 AM EST (16:19 UTC)

Moonrise 10:19PM

Moonset 9:36AM

Illumination 89%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

ANZ237 Block Island Sound- 1023 Am Est Fri Feb 22 2019 This afternoon..NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Tonight..N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Sat..NE winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Sat night..SE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Rain.Sun..SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming sw in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Rain.Sun night..W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Mon..W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Mon night..NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. A chance of light freezing spray. Tue..NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of light freezing spray. Tue night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.

ANZ200 1023 Am Est Fri Feb 22 2019 Synopsis for massachusetts and rhode island coastal waters.. High pres builds over the waters through Sat. A warm front will approach the waters on Sun, bringing widespread rain and strong s-se winds across the waters. A cold front passes by Mon. Another high pres approaches from the W Tue. For information on possible hazardous weather beyond the 24-36 hour forecast period, please visit www.weather.gov/boston and follow the current hazards link above the map on the left.

Synopsis
High pressure over the great lakes builds over new england
through tonight, then moves to our east Saturday. This will
bring a period of drier air and seasonably cool temperatures.

Wintry mess for Saturday night into Sunday. Windy Sunday night
through Tuesday, especially Monday when wind headlines are
possible. Colder than average Wednesday onward while monitoring
for any storm activity.

Near term through tonight
10 am update...

short wave trough exiting maine this morning providing
subsidence in its wake across new england. Thus clouds clearing
from the northeast. In addition CAA will wane today and will
result in CAA strato-cu dissipating with time. Thus will see
decreasing clouds as the day progresses with just high clouds
filtering the sunshine this afternoon along with patchy strato-
cu leftover. Otherwise a seasonable late feb day with highs in
the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Short term Saturday
High pressure moves over southern new england tonight, then
offshore Saturday. Light winds will lead to strong radiational
cooling tonight, resulting in below normal temperatures. List s
to SW winds develop Saturday as this high pressure moves
offshore. This should let MAX temperatures recover to near
normal levels. Still thinking dry weather persists through
Saturday, other than some increasing clouds during the day.

the big picture pattern of deep western trough and subtropical
ridge over the bahamas finally breaks down with the onset of our
messy winter weather system this weekend. Beyond Sunday we'll
see a mostly zonal flow pattern dominating much of the conus
with periodic weak shortwaves moving through. The strongest
wave best chance of us seeing precipitation comes on or around
Wednesday but confidence is low at this time range.

Saturday night and Sunday...

deja vu with this next kitchen sink weather system and a very
similar setup to what we've seen many times this winter, most
recently this last week. By late Saturday a ~992 mb low sits
over the midwest, ejecting northeast toward the great lakes
while the attendant mid level shortwave begins to phase with
another shortwave moving over the dakotas. Again we see the
parent low moving well to our northwest allowing warm air aloft
to be pulled north ahead of the cold front changing any brief
snow at the onset quickly to sleet and freezing rain. Lots of
moisture with this system (seeing pwats approach 1.25") and
plenty of lift via isentropic ascent over the cold dome
initially and good low level speed convergence via 45-55 kt llj.

The big question remains just how long northern drainage flow
from the high situated to our northeast can keep surface
temperatures below freezing before warm southerly flow turns
everything to rain. Now getting into range of higher res models
which indicate potential for a prolonged freezing rain event,
especially for the high terrain of interior ma ct and the tough
to scour out valleys. Current thinking is a coating to less than
an inch of snow with up to a quarter inch of ice to follow.

Fortunately road traffic will be low given it falls on a Sunday
morning, limiting impact compared to a workday. Temps warm above
freezing for all rain by mid-late morning. Latest model trends
have been a bit faster with the exit of the system and more
quickly bringing the dry slot overhead; trended drier late
Sunday but keeping some rain chances through the day. Persistent
southerly flow will bring above average temperatures in the mid
to upper 40s.

Sunday night through Tuesday...

the takeaway for this forecast period is going to be the very
gusty potentially damaging winds peaking on Monday. A cold front
drops through Sunday night ushering in a drier and colder
airmass to start the week with highs dropping 5-10f each day,
into the low 40s Monday and 30s on Tuesday. We'll be sandwiched
between a strengthening low exiting to our northeast and
incoming high pressure under a very tight surface pressure
gradient leading to sustained winds of 20-30 kts on Monday.

Strong CAA also promotes some very efficient mixing of the bl.

Model soundings indicate mixing up to near 700 mb, tapping into
a strong LLJ with potential for wind gusts at the surface
approaching 45-50 kts, highest along the coast and over higher
terrain. Winds pick up Sunday night, peak Monday afternoon, and
ramp down through Tuesday morning. A high wind warning may be

merited.

Wednesday and Thursday...

zonal mid level flow remains through the period but models
indicate potential for our next shortwave to dip south from
canada around Wednesday. Plenty of disagreement on how amplified
it becomes and whether it can tap into enough moisture to bring
appreciable wet weather or not. Holding on to chance pops mid
week but confidence is low for now.

Aviation 15z Friday through Tuesday
Forecaster confidence levels...

low - less than 30 percent.

Moderate - 30 to 60 percent.

High - greater than 60 percent.

Short term through Saturday ... High confidence.

10 am update ...

vfr CIGS bkn040-050 will thin out and become less widespread
this afternoon. Also modest NW winds will continue. Earlier
discussion below.

Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for Boston, MA (11,2,3,4)

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